David Seymour, leader of the libertarian-ACT party (R), shakes hands with Winston Peters, leader of NZ First (L), as New Zealand’s incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon looks on after signing an agreement to form a three-party coalition government at Parliament in Wellington on Nov. 24, 2023. Marty Melville/AFP via Getty Images
While Australia, Canada, Britain, and Portugal will use the commencement of the U.N. General Assembly to announce that they formally recognise a Palestinian state, New Zealand has refused to divulge its position, with the government’s three coalition parties seemingly at odds on the subject.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told reporters on Sept. 22 that the decision has still not been signed off by Cabinet, despite Foreign Minister Winston Peters having flown to New York over the weekend to attend the U.N. meeting.
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